FALLS CHURCH, VA:3,750 Anglicans Worship at Historic Episcopal Church for Easter
FALLS CHURCH, VA: 3,750 Anglicans Worship at the Historic Episcopal Church for Final Easter Services
By David W. Virtue
www.virtueonline.org
April 11, 2012
It was a bitter sweet day for 65-year old the Rev. Dr. John Yates. Bitter because a long drawn out legal battle was finally coming to an end, and the day was soon coming when he and his flock could no longer stay in property they had loved and cherished, learned, listened and spiritually grown up in, having contended for several generations for 'the faith once for all delivered to the saints.' It was sweet because the transition was going relatively smoothly with the Episcopal Diocese of Virginia.
Yates himself was ebullient with joy as he stood before his flock of nearly 4,000 evangelical Anglicans on Easter Sunday, many of whom had been with him for his 33 years of ministry at The Falls Church. Now, three decades of gospel ministry in a church founded in 1732 was finally coming to an end. Crowds were so dense at six services that there was standing room only. Services were videoed to overflow locations. A CANA bishop told VOL that he and his wife were forced to stand at the back of the main sanctuary; there were simply no seats available.
Read the full story at www.VirtueOnline.org
By David W. Virtue
www.virtueonline.org
April 11, 2012
It was a bitter sweet day for 65-year old the Rev. Dr. John Yates. Bitter because a long drawn out legal battle was finally coming to an end, and the day was soon coming when he and his flock could no longer stay in property they had loved and cherished, learned, listened and spiritually grown up in, having contended for several generations for 'the faith once for all delivered to the saints.' It was sweet because the transition was going relatively smoothly with the Episcopal Diocese of Virginia.Yates himself was ebullient with joy as he stood before his flock of nearly 4,000 evangelical Anglicans on Easter Sunday, many of whom had been with him for his 33 years of ministry at The Falls Church. Now, three decades of gospel ministry in a church founded in 1732 was finally coming to an end. Crowds were so dense at six services that there was standing room only. Services were videoed to overflow locations. A CANA bishop told VOL that he and his wife were forced to stand at the back of the main sanctuary; there were simply no seats available.
Read the full story at www.VirtueOnline.org
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